Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

The students at EP Foster School collected 2,790 cans of fruit for Cheers for Children. Each student brought in 5 cans. How many students attend the school?

• 840 students

• 585 students

• 855 students

• 558 students

Logan, Abdiel, Leo, and JJ bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8 would be left over.

• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

John has 8 cabinets, he splits 139 papers between 7 cabinets. He put the remaining papers in the 8th cabinet. How many papers did he put in the 8th cabinet?

• 19

• 20

• 6

Haley picked 28 carrots from her garden. If she threw out 11 of them and then picked 9 more the next day, how many carrots would she have total?

• 39

• 20

• 26

• 48

Ken had 53 pieces of candy. He gave 28 of them away. How many pieces of candy does Ken have left?

• 15

• 25

• 28

Eric had 167 hats. His uncle gave him 82 more. How many hats does Eric have in all?

• 249

• 125

• 105

Tom has 47 quarters. His dad gave him 14 more. How many quarters does Tom have in all?

• 61

• 51

• 33

Tina read 433 pages of her book. If there are 873 total pages, how many more pages does she have left to read?

• 230

• 400

• 440

Michelle had 377 candles. She used 240 of them. How many candles does she have left?

• 137

• 117

• 501

John saw 230 ants while on a picnic. He dropped a cookie and then 119 more ants came out. How many ants did John see altogether?

• 345

• 349

• 394